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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services, Software Development
Contract Value: $427,955.00
Contract period: 01/01/2015-12/31/2016 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $427,955.00; FY 2016: $0.00; FY 2017: $0.00
Accounts: 717-579 and 490-260
Contract Number(s): 1490-13246
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
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Summary: The Bureau of Technology respectfully requests that this Board approve proposed contract number 1490-13246 with Clarity Partners, LLC, which will help automate the collection of metrics data and facilitate more efficient and intelligent County data analysis. The contract calls for the consolidation of select metrics data from process systems and applications throughout the County, as well as STAR data, into a SQL Data Warehouse (DW) to allow for Business Intelligence (BI) reporting and analysis to a central BI SharePoint site. To achieve this, the Performance Management BI and SharePoint Collection System will leverage Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint technologies to input, integrate, and publish data, and the Performance Management team will integrate the data from various County systems and leverage the Business Intelligence tools for analysis and reporting.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code. Clarity Partners was previously awarded a contract by the City of Chicago through a competitive Request for Qualification (RFQ) process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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